348. Chapter 348 Night battle against Anlu
In the wilderness of the west bank of the river, three thousand Cao soldiers pushed deer carts and rushed towards the river. The so-called deer cart is a wheelbarrow. It is driven by manpower. A deer cart can transport up to three stones of grain.
But at this time, the deer cart was not transporting food, but buckets of turbulent oil. Cao's army transported tens of thousands of barrels of turbulent oil to Anlu County in order to deal with the Jiangxia army's warships heading north.
“Start up!”
Zang Ba rode on the horse and kept urging the soldiers to rush to the side of the Shuishi River. He was also a little anxious. If he didn't seize the time, he would probably not have time to dump the turmeric oil into the river before the arrival of the Jiangxia army.
Then these five thousand barrels of turmeric oil will become the spoils of the Jiangxia army. Now he is competing for time with the Jiangxia army warships, it depends on who will seize the opportunity first. Now they are only two miles away from the river, and at most a quarter of an hour, they will arrive by the river.
Zang Ba silently prayed for God's protection, but many things would not be protected by God. At this moment, a soldier pointed to the southern sky and shouted: "Look at General! It's a rocket."
"Zang Ba stared at the sky in the south, not only him, but all the soldiers saw it. A bright rocket crossed the night sky and illuminated the sky.
This made a chill in everyone's heart, and the soldiers stopped the deer cart one after another, and a great uneasiness overwhelmed them.
Zang Ba was also at a loss. He knew that the rocket must have a deep meaning, so what does it mean?
The wilderness was silent, and the night was vast all around. At most, everyone was listening to the movements in the distance.
Suddenly, many people heard the thunderous sound, and then the earth began to shake. The more intense the vibration, many turbulent barrels rolled down from the deer cart.
"It's a cavalry!"
Dozens of people shouted almost at the same time, their voices filled with fear, and many people still remember the sharp and fierceness of the Jiangxia cavalry.
"Don't panic!"
Zang Ba found that a soldier was about to escape. He roared in a hurry and slashed at an escapee who was about to fight. The escapee screamed, was pierced, fell to the ground and died.
The screams squealed all the soldiers, and Zang Ba waved his gun and shouted: "Get together the deer cart!"
This is a good idea. More than 2,000 deer carts gathered to withstand the impact of cavalry. After all, Cao's soldiers were well-trained and quickly gathered the deer carts to form a wall of deer carts that were about a few miles long.
At this time, two thousand Jiangxia cavalry had already reached two hundred steps away, and dust covered the sky and the sun was like thunder. Although the cavalry trained by Gao Shun was brave and good at fighting, their biggest advantage was that they could fight at night, which made this famous "Stealing Camp" conquer the world.
The Jiangxia cavalry also spent several years practicing night battles and finally achieved something. Although in the dark night without stars and moonlight, the cavalry still ran in an orderly manner without any confusion.
Liao Hua took the lead. He saw the deer cart blocking the road ahead from afar, and immediately raised his horn to blow, and dozens of cavalry followed him and blew the horn.
‘Woo--’
Amid the low sound of the horn, the Jiangxia cavalry divided into two groups, bypassing the deer cart from left to right to block it, attacking left and right, and rushing into the Cao army's crowd.
The Cao army soldiers were in chaos. They had only 3,000 people. How could they fight one-on-one with the Jiangxia cavalry?
In just a moment, Cao's army was divided and surrounded by Jiangxia cavalry, and its formation was destroyed. Countless soldiers turned around and fled. Soon, Cao's morale of resistance disappeared and completely collapsed.
In the wilderness, Cao's army fled in scattered places, and countless people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zang Ba ran towards the camp under the cover of night.
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In fact, even if there were no cavalry raiding Cao's army, the Cao army would not have the chance to pour turtle oil into the river to burn ships. Almost at the same time when the Jiangxia cavalry raided Cao's army, the Jiangxia army fleet had arrived at the Anlu County Wharf.
Dozens of large ships were the first to dock, and teams of Jiangxia troops came ashore and quickly gathered on the shore. In less than half an hour, a hundred thousand troops and various supplies had appeared on the west bank of the Hanshui River.
The Jiangxia army had already made careful arrangements. According to Jia Xu's plan, defeating the Cao army with cavalry to burn ships was only the first step, or even just a war introduction, just to influence the decisions of the enemy commander.
Jia Xu's real goal is to capture Anlu County, which is the beginning of the war tonight. Jia Xu turned around and said a few words to Liu Jing. Liu Jing nodded and looked at Anlu County several miles away.
Although the night was dark, he could still vaguely see the outline of Anlu County. So far, there was no news from Liu Zheng, which means that they had successfully sneaked into Anlu County and were waiting for the second rocket to take off.
"Where is General Wei Yan?" Liu Jing shouted in a cold voice.
Wei Yan stepped forward and bowed, "The last one is here!"
"Liu Zheng has entered the city. I will give you 10,000 troops and take Anlu County within half an hour. I will remember your great achievements, otherwise I will come and see you!"
Wei Yan's heart was terrified. He only gave himself half an hour. He began to feel nervous and quickly responded: "As for the order!"
He turned around to summon the army. Soon after, Wei Yan led a 10,000 troops to rush to the county town several miles away.
Liu Jing looked at him walking away and immediately ordered his left and right, "Order to shoot the second rocket!"
A personal soldier ran away. After a moment, a rocket rose into the air outside the county town, making it even brighter and could be clearly seen ten miles away.
In a house near the south gate of the county town, Liu Zheng stood in the yard and stared at the rocket rising into the air. His fists slowly clenched, which was the signal of action for him.
"Everyone is ready to attack!" Liu Zheng turned around and ordered.
Behind him, a hundred eagle strike soldiers were ready. Each of them was wearing traits of armor, using high-quality fine iron to make scales, and wearing them attached to leather armor. Thirty steps away, the crossbow could not penetrate the scale armor of this fine iron fish.
Everyone holds an iron spear in his hands, bows and arrows on his back, and sharp blades on his waist. Whether it is protection or weapons and equipment, ordinary soldiers are far inferior to ordinary soldiers.
In addition, they are all very skilled in martial arts and strong in height, so even though this Eagle Strike Army is only 100, it is enough to defeat the elite enemy of thousands.
In the night, hundreds of soldiers lined out of the yard and trotted to the south city, just like a team of Cao army patrol. At this time, the battle outside the city and the rockets flying into the air had already alarmed the troops guarding the city, and teams of Cao army soldiers trotted to the city gates everywhere.
After a moment, the Jiangxia army appeared in front of the south gate. The night was dark, covering their armor. Hundreds of Cao troops had gathered at the south gate. They were as if they were facing a great enemy, and they set their bows and arrows on the top of the city. Everyone's eyes were staring outside the city, but no one noticed the arrival of Jiangxiaying attackers behind them.
The Jiangxia army rushed to the south city gate and immediately divided into two parts. One of them followed the corridor to grab the suspension bridge mechanism, and the other part rushed towards the city gate hole.
"Who are you?" Finally, an officer noticed their abnormality and asked sternly.
"Do it!"
Liu Zheng shouted loudly, and a hundred Jiangxia soldiers fought together at the gate of the city. They were like fierce cheetahs, waving iron spears and storming into the Cao army. In an instant, dozens of Cao army were killed at the gate, and screams rang inside and outside the south gate.
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In a forest more than hundreds of steps away from the southern city gate, Wei Yan was leading 10,000 soldiers anxiously waiting for the movement of the city gate. At this time, it was less than a quarter of an hour before Liu Jing left him, but there was no movement in the city gate, which made Wei Yan anxious.
Suddenly, a soldier whispered: "Did the general hear it? There is a shout of killing!"
In fact, Wei Yan had already heard it. The shouts of killing were very clear on the quiet night. He looked serious and stared at the south city gate. Although there was not much time left for him, he was still extremely careful, fearing that he would fall into a trap.
At this time, the suspension bridge began to slowly lower, and the city tower also caught fire. The fire was rapid and the hot fire illuminated the night sky. Wei Yan had no doubts anymore and turned around and shouted, "Cald with me!"
He took the lead, swung his sword and rushed towards the county town. The dark soldiers behind him rushed out of the woods and followed closely.
"Kill!"
The shouts resounded through the sky, and ten thousand Jiangxia troops were overwhelmed and rushed towards Anlu County like a sea of rushing.
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In the central tent of Cao's army camp, Zhao Yanzheng asked in detail about Zang Ba's defeat. He was secretly surprised that it was the cavalry that attacked the team transporting tinder oil.
It was night, and thousands of cavalry could raid at night, and the team did not collide in chaos. This required long-term and rigorous training. At present, only their Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and Xiliang's raid cavalry can do it.
Jiang Xia in the south is such a powerful cavalry, and Zhao Yan, who is good at training, is really incredible.
At the same time, Zhao Yan was also very frustrated. He sent troops one step late, so that the plan to burn the warships could not be successful. Once the main force of the Jiangxia army came ashore, he would be very passive.
"Zhao Gujun!"
Sima Yi rushed into the tent anxiously and said anxiously: "There is something happening in the county town. I am afraid that the Jiangxia army is going to attack the county town. Please send troops to support the county town immediately."
Zhao Yan did not respond. He said coldly after a while: "Sima Chief Corner, but you suggested that I use tinder oil to burn the ship. I did as you suggest, but was raided by the Jiangxia cavalry, six thousand barrels of tinder oil were lost, and three thousand troops only fled back hundreds of people. How should this account be calculated?"
Sima Yi was shocked and took a step back, "Zhao Gujun was surprised. I suggest you send troops, but you delayed half an hour and missed the opportunity to fight. Now you have actually put the blame on me. Zhao Gujun, I have reminded you."
"Hmph! Being ambushed by Jiangxia cavalry has nothing to do with sending troops sooner or later. They have been prepared long ago and shouldn't have burned the ship at all. Now that the defeat is the Sima chief clerk wants to clear the responsibility. What's the intention?"
Sima Yi laughed furiously, "What a lie to take responsibility. With a commander like you, who can take responsibility? Zhao Hujun, don't blame me for not reminding you that the Jiangxia army is attacking the county town now. Once the county town is captured, you will regret it too late!"
After saying that, Sima Yi left with her sleeves, Zhao Yan looked at Sima Yi's back coldly. He was just a small chief clerk, but he actually regarded himself as a military advisor, not knowing that the world was high.
Chapter completed!